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  Speaker 1: BIN News This Hour, I'm Andrea Coleman. Coming up, the
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  Speaker 1: NAACP works to make elections safe.
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  Speaker 2: This is completely unacceptable for it to take place in Dallas,
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  Speaker 2: and we're going to do everything that we need to
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  Speaker 2: do to get everyone in custody that's responsible for this.
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  Speaker 1: The investigation continues into the deadly mass shootings in Dallas
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  Speaker 1: over the weekend and.
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  Speaker 2: We should not be here for this tonight for census
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  Speaker 2: acts that are happening across the city.
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  Speaker 1: Members of an HBCU in another city gathered to remember
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  Speaker 1: a student killed in a Halloween shooting there. But first,
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  Speaker 1: here's BIN News Now.
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  Speaker 3: NBC News projects Maryland Governor Wes Moore has won re-election
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  Speaker 3: defeating Republican Dan Cox in a rematch of their 2022 race. More,
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  Speaker 3: Maryland's first black governor will now head into a second
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  Speaker 3: term after making history four years ago. In Illinois, NBC
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  Speaker 3: News projects Governor J.P. Pritzker will win another term, defeating
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  Speaker 3: Republican Darren Bailey. The victory makes Pritzker the first Democrat
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  Speaker 3: in state history to be elected governor three times. NBC
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  Speaker 3: News is also projecting Illinois Lieutenant Governor Juliana Stratton as
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  Speaker 3: the winner of the state's U.S. Senate race. Stratton defeated
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  Speaker 3: Republican Don Tracy and will succeed retiring Senator Dick Durbin.
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  Speaker 3: A longtime ally of Governor J.P. Pritzker, Stratton becomes the
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  Speaker 3: first Black woman elected to represent Illinois in the U.S. Senate.
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  Speaker 3: And in Delaware, NBC News projects Democratic Senator Chris Coons
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  Speaker 3: will win re-election over Republican Michael Katz. Coons has represented
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  Speaker 3: the first state in the Senate since 2010 and remains
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  Speaker 3: one of Delaware's most prominent political figures. I'm Amber Payton
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  Speaker 3: with BIN News Now. Back to you, Andrea.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you, The NAACP has filed a lawsuit seeking to
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  Speaker 1: prevent the Justice Department from dispatching federal agents to polling places.
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  Speaker 1: Kristen Clark, the NAACP's general counsel, told the Griot that
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  Speaker 1: the organization believes the presence of any federal agents at
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  Speaker 1: polling places could be intimidating to voters. She went on
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  Speaker 1: to say the NAACP is taking action to ensure voters,
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  Speaker 1: particularly black ones, don't experience any harassment when voting. Last week,
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  Speaker 1: the DOJ said no FBI or ICE agents would serve
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  Speaker 1: as monitors. Instead, workers from the Bureau of Prisons, Drug
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  Speaker 1: Enforcement Administration, and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives
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  Speaker 1: would be assigned the tasks, and no agents would carry weapons.
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  Speaker 1: Voters who experience problems or concerns at polling places can
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  Speaker 1: contact the organization at 1-866-OUR-VOTE. You can also report concerns
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  Speaker 1: through the NAACP's website at naacp.org forward slash vote. Well,
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  Speaker 1: federal agents are getting involved in the investigations of deadly
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  Speaker 1: shootings over the weekend. Federal and local authorities say they
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  Speaker 1: are increasing their presence in Dallas' Deep Ellum Entertainment District
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  Speaker 1: following three separate Halloween weekend shootings that left four people
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  Speaker 1: dead and 15 others injured. Dallas Police Chief Daniel Como,
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  Speaker 1: who is black, is asking for the public's help.
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  Speaker 2: If you have video, if you have pictures, anything from
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  Speaker 2: social media, anything, please contact us with this so we
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  Speaker 2: can try to piece this together and bring justice here.
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  Speaker 1: Como says the investigation will take some time. Investigators have
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  Speaker 1: not determined whether the incidents are connected. One man was
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  Speaker 1: arrested after allegedly pointing a loaded gun toward a crowd,
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  Speaker 1: but police say he was not responsible for the shootings. Well, meantime,
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  Speaker 1: the FBI is assisting in the investigation of a shooting
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  Speaker 1: at a Jackson, Mississippi nightclub that same night. Two people
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  Speaker 1: were killed and six others injured in the incident. Last night,
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  Speaker 1: hundreds gathered on the campus of historically black Jackson State
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  Speaker 1: University for a candlelight vigil honoring 18-year-old Jada Henderson, who
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  Speaker 1: was killed alongside 20-year-old loved Dave Poindexter during a Halloween
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  Speaker 1: party at the Hideaway nightclub early Sunday. Dr. Denise Jones-Gregory,
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  Speaker 1: president of JSU, calling the situation tragic.
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  Speaker 3: As a mother myself, But I want the family to
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  Speaker 3: come together, Jackson State family to come together, let our
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  Speaker 3: students know that.
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  Speaker 1: We're here for them.
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  Speaker 3: They don't have to go through this alone.
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  Speaker 1: Investigators say two mass suspects entered the club before one
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  Speaker 1: opened fire on the crowd. Police Chief Rochelle Brackney says
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  Speaker 1: two of the 600 victims remain hospitalized. The nightclub's operations
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  Speaker 1: have been suspended and Jackson State has canceled undergraduate classes
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  Speaker 1: through today while offering counseling services to students. This is
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  Speaker 1: BIN News This Hour. Be sure to follow us wherever
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